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Air travel reminds us who we are. It's the means by which we recognize ourselves as modern. The process removes us from the world and… — Don DeLillo
It is certainly a wonderful, a brain-staggering conception... that our own stellar universe may be but one of hundreds of thousands of similar universes... Familiarity… — Heber Doust Curtis
... the United States was not built by those who waited and rested and wished to look behind them. This country was conquered by those… — John F. Kennedy
The clouds roll on. Silent as sleepwalkers the clouds keep coming from infinity bank behind bank and line after line, and change colors on the… — Rolf Jacobsen
For me, I say no, but then I am old, and life, with his sunshine, his fair places, his song of birds, his music and… — Bram Stoker
She tapped on the window with her embossed hairbrush. They were too far off to hear. The drone of the trees was in their ears;… — Virginia Woolf
Midsummer Night was roasting hot. The shore, of red granite, glowed with the heat; the dark blood of the earth seemed to be rising from… — Yevgeny Zamyatin
This is the day of wonders. The land is covered with trees like a head with hair and behind the ship the sun rises tipping… — Alice Munro
There was a good deal to be said, Hilary decided, for middle age and infirmity. The years in which one demanded much of life were… — Elizabeth Goudge
You all know that certain things are necessary to make a religion. First of all, there is the book. The power of the book is… — Swami Vivekananda
Still, it's an interesting technique-leaving one person behind in order to find her or him somewhere else. And in someone else. — Caleb Carr
If you go to a master to study and learn the techniques, you diligently follow all the instructions the master puts upon you. But then… — Joseph Campbell
When you get on the boat that's saving you, don't pull up the ladder behind you — Adrienne Clarkson
A bitter jest, when it comes too near the truth, leaves a sharp sting behind it. — Tacitus
Her professors were astonished by her leaps of thought, by the finesse and elegance of her insights. She arrived at hypotheses by sheer intuition and… — Deborah Eisenberg
Decisions are more apt to be accepted when you've listened to suggestions first. I wanted them to see the reason behind what I asked of… — John Wooden
Winning isn't worthwhile unless one has something finer and nobler behind it. When I reach the soul of one of my boys with an idea,… — Amos Alonzo Stagg
You can only make so much money in life and only enjoy so many creature comforts. The important thing is to do something meaningful-to leave… — Roone Arledge
In this shrinking world, it is futile to seek safety behind geographical barriers. Real security will be found only in law and in justice. — Harry S. Truman
We don't turn back. We leave no one behind. We pull each other up. We draw strength from our victories, and we learn from our… — Barack Obama
You think my paintings are calm, like windows in some cathedral? You should look again. I'm the most violent of all the American painters. Behind… — Mark Rothko
Man is a hungry being. But he is hungry for God. Behind all the hunger of our life is God. All desire is finally a… — Alexander Schmemann
I think that Jean Houston has broken through to a new understanding of the sense and uses of inward-turned contemplation-a n understanding that leaves the… — Joseph Campbell
In movement there is balance. In balance there is movement. Yoga is all about balance. Within and Without. Above, Below. Front, Behind. Male, Female. In,… — Mark Whitwell
I've been told that I am evil. I've been told that I am behind the persecution of millions of Americans. That I have encouraged hate… — Roger Ebert

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